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Moving content to a new android phone.

Moving from s2 to the s3 and was wondering whats the procedure for moving all my stuff over to the new phone?
I know I can sync my contacts. I can also sync the apps I bought/downloaded i presume?
Regarding sd cards, the one Im using at the moment is giving me a lot of problems so I'm getting a new one for the s3. Do i have to copy over all the contents from the old card to the new one, and if I don't, what affect will that have on apps etc?
I've titanium pro so do I have to back up anything on that for instance before moving phones?
Kinda confused over what I need to move over as the s2 was my first android.
Thanks.

If using titanium to backup just insert new card into old phone backup then put new card with backups in new phone and using batch option if you have pro version move all apps and data to new phone.
Ps only move user apps. Not system it might screw things up
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zolaisugly said:
If using titanium to backup just insert new card into old phone backup then put new card with backups in new phone and using batch option if you have pro version move all apps and data to new phone.
Ps only move user apps. Not system it might screw things up
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ok, so backup with new sd card on s2, then on the s3 just move just the user apps over?
Sounds easy enough.

Or backup everything with Titanium/myBakcup or whatever then upload it dropbox. But Google syncs your contacts and apps. And SD card - connect phone to PC and mount as disk drive then copy the WHOLE SD to your computer then when you get the new SD put the contents on it! Hope I helped

Just so I'm 100% clear on this:
1. Google will sync "all" my apps onto my new phone? So The 60+ apps will all be downloaded onto S3 once I set sync up?
What about any data associated with each app? Like game data etc? How will I get that info relocated into each app?
2. I copy the content from my current sd card onto computer and then copy it onto new sd card when I've it in the phone?
Thanks.

yeah, im a bit confused about the google-app-restoring, because i did some wipes (for custom roms) and my phone didnt restore anything (it was enabled in settings). is the unofficial android 4 the reason for that?

Can anyone else confirm that this is the best way to get data from one sd card onto another??

If u backup your apps using astro you can restore them and it will also restore the data
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idreesn said:
If u backup your apps using astro you can restore them and it will also restore the data
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Ok, I'm just going to do it now as I have Astro already installed.
So I backup on my current sd card?
Then how do I get the data onto my sd card?
Also doesn't some apps only work if they are installed on the phone memory and not the external sd card? How do I go about sorting that out?
Thanks for help.

chicoelnino said:
Just so I'm 100% clear on this:
1. Google will sync "all" my apps onto my new phone? So The 60+ apps will all be downloaded onto S3 once I set sync up?
What about any data associated with each app? Like game data etc? How will I get that info relocated into each app?
2. I copy the content from my current sd card onto computer and then copy it onto new sd card when I've it in the phone?
Thanks.
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The main problem with using Google to restore your apps is that it generally screws up at some point. I usually have issues because I go ahead and get on WIFI while it's syncing because all the apps that I have would take forever on 3G. Unfortunately the switch over to WIFI does it in and at some point the sync fails and it won't try and autoload your apps beyond the first time you set up the phone.
Never tried Astro for backups so I can't say how that works, but TiBu is absolute gold when moving between phones and Roms. The only thing I like even better is using Nandroids, but that only works for certain instances and won't help in the case of switching devices.

chicoelnino said:
Moving from s2 to the s3 and was wondering whats the procedure for moving all my stuff over to the new phone?
I know I can sync my contacts. I can also sync the apps I bought/downloaded i presume?
Regarding sd cards, the one Im using at the moment is giving me a lot of problems so I'm getting a new one for the s3. Do i have to copy over all the contents from the old card to the new one, and if I don't, what affect will that have on apps etc?
I've titanium pro so do I have to back up anything on that for instance before moving phones?
Kinda confused over what I need to move over as the s2 was my first android.
Thanks.
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As you said, you can backup all the data in your old device then restore to your new one! I know that Moborobo has the backup and restore feature. I used it to make the transfer. Hope it can help you!

I've rooted both my S2 and S4.
I've used Titanium to back up my S2 apps on to my Micro SD and put it in the S4.
When I run Titanium on the S4, it can't detect my backups from the S2.
Am I doing something wrong?

Full Android backup to PC possible?

Hello I wonder if making a full phone backup to PC's hard drive would be possible...I mean something similar to Acronis trueimage of Windows partition...but do this on phone with exclusion of the main firmware. Because of no SDcard slot I need store everything to connected PC HDD...
Looked at TitaniumBackup which probably is close to what I need but I'm afraid it lacks support for storing to networked location. Any working solution is highly appreciated

bflmpsvz said:
Hello I wonder if making a full phone backup to PC's hard drive would be possible...I mean something similar to Acronis trueimage of Windows partition...but do this on phone with exclusion of the main firmware. Because of no SDcard slot I need store everything to connected PC HDD...
Looked at TitaniumBackup which probably is close to what I need but I'm afraid it lacks support for storing to networked location. Any working solution is highly appreciated
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Take backup using Cwm and u can reflash it using ir phone again.
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You need to root (gain root/superuser access) your device and install a custom recovery. Clockwork Mod is one of the (CWM), TWRP is another (having used both, I prefer TWRP - but you can try either/both yourself). You can then copy or cut the backed-up files from the recovery's folder to your computer.

Thanks, probably give it a try if anything else fails. Would it be possible to mount a windows shared drive to phone's internal filesystem? So that TB could access it as internal folder...

use nandroid backup (cwm)
you must root your device

backup cwm will get what you want
or you can try this GO Backup Pro 2.9
http://www.1mobile.com/go-backup-pro-550518.html

Thanks for your suggestion
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backup cwm will get what you want
or you can try this GO Backup Pro 2.9
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Thanks for the advices. I finally managed to install CWM
CWM's backup = Nandroid?
This works for SDcard, however the condition to backup directly to my PC's hard drive is not met
Remember I suffer with lack of space on builtin SDcard so I need to exclude it from backup process at all even as temporary location.
One more question about CWM, where can I find the latest version? I have 6.0.1.2.

bflmpsvz said:
Thanks for the advices. I finally managed to install CWM
CWM's backup = Nandroid?
This works for SDcard, however the condition to backup directly to my PC's hard drive is not met
Remember I suffer with lack of space on builtin SDcard so I need to exclude it from backup process at all even as temporary location.
One more question about CWM, where can I find the latest version? I have 6.0.1.2.
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Yeah, you need to be able to access files in the phone not on sd card, the phone has a seperate memory he wants to access, I think he is asking how to put the phone (everything) onto PC.... im not sure how to do this myself but I will look into it for you, I believe you can access that info but im not sure where the files you want are.

The backup is saved into /sdcard/clockworkmod/blob/ but the problem I have with it is that used soace in internal memory is over 1.5GB while free space on Sdcard is usually several 100s MB...
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TWRP Backup

Hello XDA members,
Deleted a TWRP backup by mistake yesterday and I really need it, is there any way to restore it via a specific application that could help me? Tried "Undeleter recover files" but it doesn't search for .win files.
EDIT: Nevermind. Fixed my PC and restored the backup, but I need the answer for the future

Undeleter from Fahrbot https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=fahrbot.apps.undelete
is the tool you want, IMHO. Only undeleter for Android I've found that scans for any file extension.
It's not free. But it's less than $5. Is your data worth $5?
This is the inherent problem with non-removable SD cards - if it was removable, I'd stick it in a PC and use a free recovery tool like PhotoRec, or a paid one like R-Studio.
Or, just be proactive, and put your backups in the cloud, or on a PC, or on an OTG stick, or better yet, all three!
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DarryDoo said:
Undeleter from Fahrbot https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=fahrbot.apps.undelete
is the tool you want, IMHO. Only undeleter for Android I've found that scans for any file extension.
It's not free. But it's less than $5. Is your data worth $5?
This is the inherent problem with non-removable SD cards - if it was removable, I'd stick it in a PC and use a free recovery tool like PhotoRec, or a paid one like R-Studio.
Or, just be proactive, and put your backups in the cloud, or on a PC, or on an OTG stick, or better yet, all three!
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That's the application I tried, it doesn't scan for .win files (TWRP backup)

Journal search will search for all files, regardless of extension.
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Help for recovery of encrypted data from formatted SD card

Hello Guys,
Yesterday my phone (Samsung S7) fell and the screen and touchscreen is not working since then. Not surprised given that it is shuttered XD.
Anyway, I had an sd card in the phone with all the photos saved on it, without cloud backups. Not remembering that the card was encrypted, I have simply connected the phone to my pc and copy pasted all photos to a pc folder. The sd card has then been inserted into a new Samsung A20e and fast formatted.
My problem is that now I have all the photos on my desktop which are encrypted and can't be opened. As soon as I realized this I have removed the sd card from the A20e to avoid overwriting data in case it can be recovered.
I would gladly appreciate if any of you could tell me if there is a way to recover this data.
I can access the USB debugging mode on the S7 and navigate its files.
My inexperienced ideas were:
1. Is it possible to recover the encryption key from the files in the phone and then use this do de-encrypt the photos on the pc?
2. If I insert the sd card back into the S7, format it, encrypt it (through a pc screen mirrowing tool), copy the photos form the pc into the card would the phone be able to read them? This could be possible if the phone uses always the same encryption key without changing it.
3. Is there any use in trying to use one of those data recovery tools on the sd card? The data I would get will still be encrypted.
Thanks to anyone who'd be willing to help.

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Galbanino0 said:
Hello Guys,
Yesterday my phone (Samsung S7) fell and the screen and touchscreen is not working since then. Not surprised given that it is shuttered XD.
Anyway, I had an sd card in the phone with all the photos saved on it, without cloud backups. Not remembering that the card was encrypted, I have simply connected the phone to my pc and copy pasted all photos to a pc folder. The sd card has then been inserted into a new Samsung A20e and fast formatted.
My problem is that now I have all the photos on my desktop which are encrypted and can't be opened. As soon as I realized this I have removed the sd card from the A20e to avoid overwriting data in case it can be recovered.
I would gladly appreciate if any of you could tell me if there is a way to recover this data.
I can access the USB debugging mode on the S7 and navigate its files.
My inexperienced ideas were:
1. Is it possible to recover the encryption key from the files in the phone and then use this do de-encrypt the photos on the pc?
2. If I insert the sd card back into the S7, format it, encrypt it (through a pc screen mirrowing tool), copy the photos form the pc into the card would the phone be able to read them? This could be possible if the phone uses always the same encryption key without changing it.
3. Is there any use in trying to use one of those data recovery tools on the sd card? The data I would get will still be encrypted.
Thanks to anyone who'd be willing to help.
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If it has been formatted, it is gone. Recovering data that has been deleted is quite possible. Recovering data that has been formatted is not likely. And even if you did manage to recover any of the data, it would be very fragmented and incomplete, in other words, there wouldn't be enough left behind to recover anything that is a complete or useable file, all you would have are incomplete pieces of files.
However, it is possible to decrypt your encrypted backup but I don't know the best method to do so.
I only posted to give you an idea of what is possible and what isn't.
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Droidriven said:
If it has been formatted, it is gone. Recovering data that has been deleted is quite possible. Recovering data that has been formatted is not likely. And even if you did manage to recover any of the data, it would be very fragmented and incomplete, in other words, there wouldn't be enough left behind to recover anything that is a complete or useable file, all you would have are incomplete pieces of files.
However, it is possible to decrypt your encrypted backup but I don't know the best method to do so.
I only posted to give you an idea of what is possible and what isn't.
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Thanks for the reply.
At least if you say that is possible to decrypt the files there is some hope for them. Have you got any idea of where I could understand more on how to do it?

Saving a TWRP backup local or USB

So I created a TWRP backup of my 2013 Nexus 7 which saved the file locally. The backup folder is around 3.4GB in size. I've take a copy of that folder and stored it on my cloud backup. Question is should I keep the original local copy of the backup folder on the Nexus 7 itself? I could restore it from a mounted usb if I ever needed to restore it right? Although I have around 20GB space left on the device, wondering if keeping unnecessary large files locally can potentially clog up and make the tablet a bit slower? Considering its an old tablet, I want to try and give it max possible chance of not becoming too laggy

ahmed123 said:
So I created a TWRP backup of my 2013 Nexus 7 which saved the file locally. The backup folder is around 3.4GB in size. I've take a copy of that folder and stored it on my cloud backup. Question is should I keep the original local copy of the backup folder on the Nexus 7 itself? I could restore it from a mounted usb if I ever needed to restore it right? Although I have around 20GB space left on the device, wondering if keeping unnecessary large files locally can potentially clog up and make the tablet a bit slower? Considering its an old tablet, I want to try and give it max possible chance of not becoming too laggy
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I don't suggest storing the backup in your internal storage. Typically, it is best to store the backup externally but the Nexus 7 doesn't have a sdcard slot. This means that you can use a USB flash drive or a sdcard with a USB card reader are your best options.
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Droidriven said:
I don't suggest storing the backup in your internal storage. Typically, it is best to store the backup externally but the Nexus 7 doesn't have a sdcard slot. This means that you can use a USB flash drive or a sdcard with a USB card reader are your best options.
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Thank you. Should I delete it from TWRP or just use a file explorer and delete it from the TWRP folder?

ahmed123 said:
Thank you. Should I delete it from TWRP or just use a file explorer and delete it from the TWRP folder?
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No, you can leave it, if you ever need to use it and can access internal storage via TWRP, you can restore the backup from the device's internal storage without needing the USB. Storing it on USB is just a safeguard in case you end up in a situation where you can access TWRP but can't get TWRP to see your internal storage, in this case, you would use the USB to restore the backup. Sometimes internal storage gets corrupted, ruining any backups that were stored there, that is the purpose behind using a USB or sdcard, to ensure that you have a way to access and restore the backup.
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